Abstract
We describe three patients with compulsive shopping, meeting DSM-III-R criteria for an impulse control disorder not otherwise specified, who all appeared to demonstrate a partial or complete remission of their urges to shop in response to treatment with fluoxetine, bupropion, or nortriptyline. All patients had concurrent mood and anxiety disorders. These observations raise the possibility that thymoleptic treatment may benefit compulsive shopping, and call for further study of the relationship of compulsive shopping to other psychiatric disorders, particularly mood, anxiety, and impulse control disorders.
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